PRINCE WILLIAM is now even more popular than The Queen, it emerged today.

A staggering nine out of ten people are satisfied with the way Her Majesty performs her job, but the Duke of Cambridge is the most popular royal.

In the Diamond Jubilee year, 90 per cent of people questioned in a new Ipsos MORI poll said they were content with the manner in which Queen carried out her duties, 7 per cent said they were dissatisfied and 3 per cent said they did not know.

Despite the monarch's high satisfaction ratings - no Prime Minister has ever scored more than 75 per cent and Prime Minister David Cameron's rating currently stands at 40 per cent - The Queen's grandson is by far the most popular member of the Windsors in recent history.

When asked to name two or three royals they liked the most, 62 per cent picked William, 48 per cent The Queen, 36 per cent Prince Harry and 23 per cent the Duchess of Cambridge.

William, Kate and Harry were all among the most popular royals in the poll

Ipsos Mori director Roger Mortimore, professor of public opinion and political analysis at King’s College London, said: "A lot of people would like the idea of William succeeding straight away.

"He is young and good looking and popular.

Professsor Mortimore added: “After a rocky period in the Nineties, public support for the monarchy and the Queen now looks as strong as it has been for many years.

“Most of the public now expect the monarchy to survive well into the future and that is probably the best guarantee that it will do so.”

The Prince of Wales, who is next in line to the throne, received 21 per cent and the Duchess of Cornwall just two per cent, ahead of the Earl of Wessex on one per cent, the research by King's College London and Ipsos MORI showed.